How to authorize a Mac or PC

Mac: From the menu bar at the top of your computer screen, choose Account > Authorizations > Authorize This Computer.
Windows: From the menu bar at the top of the iTunes window, choose Account > Authorizations > Authorize This Computer. If you don't see the menu bar, press Control + B on your keyboard.

Enter your password, then press the Return or Enter key on your keyboard, or click Authorize.

If iTunes asks you to authorize your computer again, it won't use a new authorization. iTunes uses the same authorization for the same computer.

How to check your number of authorizations

To automatically open iTunes and sign in to your Account Information page from your computer, click this link: View My Account. Or follow these steps:

Mac: From the menu bar at the top of your computer screen, choose Account > View My Account.Windows: From the menu bar at the top of the iTunes window, choose Account > View My Account. If you don't see the menu bar, press Control + B on your keyboard.

Scroll to the Apple ID Summary section. There you'll see the number of computers that you've authorized with your Apple ID. You can’t see the names of those computers. If you haven't authorized 2 or more computers, you won't see this section.

If the number of authorized computers listed is more than what you expect, you might not have deauthorized the computers that you no longer use, gave away, or sold. You need to deauthorize all of your computers and then re-authorize each one that you still use.

If you run out of authorizations

If one of your 5 authorizations is on a computer you don't use much anymore, deauthorize it. If you've sold or given away a computer that used one of your 5 authorizations, you'll need to deauthorize all of your computers and then re-authorize each one that you still use.

Windows users

If you didn’t deauthorize your computer before you re-installed Windows or upgraded your RAM, hard disk, or other system components, your computer might be using multiple authorizations. Try deauthorizing your computer a few times until it’s no longer authorized, then authorize your computer again, and it will use only one authorization.

Get help

If you don't see Account in the menu bar at the top of your computer screen or the top of the iTunes window, check your Restrictions. You might have access to the iTunes Store turned off.

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